Patents by Inventor William J. Brabbs

William J. Brabbs has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 4717579
    Abstract: Frozen tea mix concentrates which contain high levels of sugar and are flowable at freezer temperatures are disclosed. These tea mix concentrates comprise from about 0.5 to about 2% by weight tea solids and from about 40 to about 70% by weight of a sugar component. This sugar comprises a particular mixture of fructose and dextrose monosaccharides, sucrose, glucose-based di- and tri-saccharides selected from maltose, isomaltose, maltotriose, isomaltotriose and mixtures thereof, plus other polysaccharides commonly present in corn syrups. The tea mix concentrates also preferably include an edible acid to provide a lower pH (about 4 or less at 20.degree. C.), and a flavoring such as lemon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 1986
    Date of Patent: January 5, 1988
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: Michael J. Vietti, Phillip F. Pflaumer, William J. Brabbs
  • Patent number: 4596714
    Abstract: A peanut butter-filled snack product and the like is disclosed. This product includes an edible, heat stable, lubricious filling having a fat content of from about 40% to about 70% by weight. The filling is surrounded by a layer of dough comprising flour, water and at least about 21% fluid shortening by weight of the flour. The fluid shortening reduces oil migration during baking and storage so that the filling remains soft and lubricious.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 17, 1983
    Date of Patent: June 24, 1986
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventor: William J. Brabbs
  • Patent number: 4503080
    Abstract: Cookie products having a storage-stable plurality of textures, comprising (1) discrete regions providing a stable, crisp texture; and (2) discrete regions providing a stable, chewy texture are disclosed. A method for the generation of the plurality of textures requires a process for inhibiting sugar crystallization in parts of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 1983
    Date of Patent: March 5, 1985
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: William J. Brabbs, Charles A. Hong
  • Patent number: 4457946
    Abstract: Cookie products, having distributed therein (1) discrete regions providing a stable, crisp texture; and (2) discrete regions providing a stable, chewy texture, have a desirable, storage-stable plurality of textures. This can be accomplished, for example, by manipulation of sugar crystallization in different parts of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: July 3, 1984
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Charles A. Hong, William J. Brabbs
  • Patent number: 4455333
    Abstract: Cookie products, having distributed therein (1) discrete regions providing a stable, crisp texture; and (2) discrete regions providing a stable, chewy texture, have a desirable, storage-stable plurality of textures. This can be accomplished, for example, by manipulation of sugar crystallization in different parts of the product.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 3, 1981
    Date of Patent: June 19, 1984
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Charles A. Hong, William J. Brabbs
  • Patent number: 4360534
    Abstract: High emulsifier levels and fluid shortening in baked good dough provide a shortening-continuous dough system, which markedly enhances shortening transfer in the baked goods. After the dough is baked, the fluid shortening readily transfers from the baked dough matrix to the incorporated flavor chips or a mixture thereof, making their texture desirably soft during storage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 2, 1981
    Date of Patent: November 23, 1982
    Assignee: The Proctor & Gamble Co.
    Inventors: William J. Brabbs, Frances H. Savage, James P. Smith
  • Patent number: 4344969
    Abstract: Incorporation of a carbohydrase into cookie dough provides, via a special baking process, a cookie having a storage stable texture which emulates that of freshly baked, home-style, drop-type cookies. The process for making these cookies involves (1) retarding enzyme activity in the finished dough before baking; (2) deactivating the enzyme in a portion of the cookie, preferably the surface; (3) activating the remainder of the enzyme; (4) allowing the remaining active enzyme to operate on the carbohydrates in the cookie; and (5) final baking.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 29, 1980
    Date of Patent: August 17, 1982
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Rudolph W. Youngquist, William J. Brabbs